Microlite20 : the smallest thing in gaming

[greywulf]

Hmmm. Not sure if you're still interested, but if you are, how is this?

Thanks for the suggestion.

In the final version, I pared it down to:

If the total bonus is +6 or more a second attack can be made with a -5 penalty. If the total bonus is +11 or more a third attack can be made at -10. For example, if the total bonus is +12, three attacks can be made at +12/+7/+2.

Which seems to be clear enough, I hope!

In unrelated news, a re-read of the Temple adventure shows that I deleted a line out of Room 6 by accident. Either that or the proofreading faeries (EL15) attacked while I wasn't looking. It should read:

A voice shouts as you open the door: “Stop, fiends and bow before the might of K'thu'uk , the Dragon Who Will Come Again!”. A clearly crazed Kobold wielding a green spear and facepaint points to a tapestry depicting a Green Dragon being beheaded by an Elf. This is Klaldyk, high priest of K'thu'uk. He begins to gesture wildly........

I think it's obvious enough who this dude is, so I won't update the .pdf or pocketmod online until I or you find more errors. I'm sure the faeries will have left other mistakes in there

 

[Greyharp]

Oh no greywulf, the sky is falling. You've made the Temple adventure a wider format than the other pocketmods, it doesn't fit into my M20 slipcase, it's the end of the world!!!!

 

[greywulf]

Oh no greywulf, the sky is falling. You've made the Temple adventure a wider format than the other pocketmods, it doesn't fit into my M20 slipcase, it's the end of the world!!!!

Fear not, Chicken Little! The pocketmod is exactly the same .pdf as the full sized version, just run through pdf2pocketmod.exe. You should (hopefully) be able to generate a new one that fits. If there's any problems, I'll post up the .rtf as well.

I won't let the sky fall. Not yet, anyway.

 

[kibbitz]

Thanks for the suggestion.

In the final version, I pared it down to:

If the total bonus is +6 or more a second attack can be made with a -5 penalty. If the total bonus is +11 or more a third attack can be made at -10. For example, if the total bonus is +12, three attacks can be made at +12/+7/+2.

Which seems to be clear enough, I hope!

In unrelated news, a re-read of the Temple adventure shows that I deleted a line out of Room 6 by accident. Either that or the proofreading faeries (EL15) attacked while I wasn't looking. It should read:

A voice shouts as you open the door: “Stop, fiends and bow before the might of K'thu'uk , the Dragon Who Will Come Again!”. A clearly crazed Kobold wielding a green spear and facepaint points to a tapestry depicting a Green Dragon being beheaded by an Elf. This is Klaldyk, high priest of K'thu'uk. He begins to gesture wildly........

I think it's obvious enough who this dude is, so I won't update the .pdf or pocketmod online until I or you find more errors. I'm sure the faeries will have left other mistakes in there

Definitely clear. I assume you are limiting it to a total of three attacks maximum intentionally though?

 

[greywulf]

Definitely clear. I assume you are limiting it to a total of three attacks maximum intentionally though?

Not really, but I'm sure you can extrapolate the rest

 

[Greyharp]

Fear not, Chicken Little! The pocketmod is exactly the same .pdf as the full sized version, just run through pdf2pocketmod.exe. You should (hopefully) be able to generate a new one that fits. If there's any problems, I'll post up the .rtf as well.

I won't let the sky fall. Not yet, anyway.

Now I'm totally bamboozled. Not having been able to make the pocketmod programme successfully open any of my own creations, I cynically tried your suggestion with the A4 Temple file and, praise be to the gods, IT WORKED!!! It is indeed now the same size as all the other pocketmods.

So thinking things are looking up and I can stop banging my head against the wall, I tried opening up my own pdf creation with pdf2pocketmod.exe - nope, error messages all round. Tried changing the font to the Verdana you've been using, thinking maybe that was the problem, but no again.

Any ideas where I'm going wrong with my original document (either Word or the latter pdf)? What obscure and arcane secret methods are you using to generate a pdf2pocketmod.exe friendly file?

 

[greywulf]

Now I'm totally bamboozled. Not having been able to make the pocketmod programme successfully open any of my own creations, I cynically tried your suggestion with the A4 Temple file and, praise be to the gods, IT WORKED!!! It is indeed now the same size as all the other pocketmods.

Obviously pdf2pocketmod is pro-European. Obvious, really. Try creating your .pdfs in A4 format, then converting them. If that doen't work, sing "God Save the Queen" in a loud voice, off key. That always works.

EDIT: Yes, I used to work in tech support. It's amazing the things you can get people to do over the phone.

 

[Cymew]

I have already e-mailed the creator of this wonderful new game and told him he has done something great. Now I have read, and re-read, the rules again and gotten a crazy idea...

I have T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil, sitting on a shelf beside me. Anyone tried to combine the goodness of M20 with true gonzo old school yet?

Any ideas on 1st ed conversions? Shouldn't be too hard, eh? Or am I struck by hubris and ignoring something important about running T1-4 with M20?

 

[greywulf]

I have T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil, sitting on a shelf beside me. Anyone tried to combine the goodness of M20 with true gonzo old school yet?

Sounds a perfect candidate for the M20 treatment. I'd love to hear people's tales from Hommlet.

I'd suggest no conversion is needed though - that's the whole idea behind M20 Just play them straight, estimating the creatures as you go using the given HD and hp. Attack bonus = HD (or maybe a little more) and use the given damage. That's combat sorted.

Use the treasure and traps as-is, just using the skills (mainly phys+STR or phys+DEX and sub+DEX) for saving throws where required. Guestimate the DCs as you go along.

Works for me................

 

[Cymew]

Attack bonus = HD is a good suggestion! I felt there had to be some issues, even if it should be possible to do on-the-fly, that I hadn't thought of.

I'll go hunt for some guys who wants to visit Hommlet...

My regular D20 game went south this weekend since a player didn't have the decency to warn about not showing up. Maybe I should kick him out and start a M20 game in Hommlet with the other players.